TheDailyBeast: This Summer’s Hottest Cities

2011 Hottest Cities in America

As more than half the country sweats through a record-breaking heat wave, The Daily Beast reveals which cities are struggling with the most unprecedented heat this season.

To compile the list of the summer's hottest cities, The Daily Beast combed weather history for the nation’s 100 largest cities. Each locale was ranked based on the total number of days in which the high temperature was recorded as higher than normal, as well as the average number of degrees higher than the normal temperature, from June 1 to July 20, 2011, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service.

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As more than half the country sweats through a record-breaking heat wave, The Daily Beast reveals which cities are struggling with the most unprecedented heat this season.

To compile the list of the summer's hottest cities, The Daily Beast combed weather history for the nation’s 100 largest cities. Each locale was ranked based on the total number of days in which the high temperature was recorded as higher than normal, as well as the average number of degrees higher than the normal temperature, from June 1 to July 20, 2011, by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service.